adj
i (g
p.
altae,
Ml. 121c19
.
allaid,
59d1
). Later also allta,
q.v.
(a)
wild, undomesticated
. Frequ. as attrib. with names of
animals see ag, 1 cú, dam, damán, lóeg, muc(c), 1 os(s), 1 torc.
cennaid
.i. cen-fid . . . cui contrarius est a.¤ .i. al-fid .i. ala[i] ri (sic
leg.) fid ┐ dīthruib,
Corm. Y 298
.
a measg bheathadhach
n-állta,
Mac Aingil 4023
.
na hainmhinnte allta,
TSh. 2441
.
do chroicnibh . . . ainmhinteadh n-allta,
Desid. 290
. Of a
person: Creuisa a.¤ cendaidh `C. now wild now gentle',
Aen.
616
.
cid tarraid a.¤ cendaid,
IT iii 86 § 91
. Of trees:
is na
crandaib alltaib,
BB 497a30
(Alex.,
IT ii2 103.z
). Superl.:
an beathadhach . . . as allta . . . dā bhfuil,
Desid. 2926
.
(b) As subst.
wild or undomesticated animal: in n-a.¤
gl.
ferum,
Ml. 102a18
. inna altai gl. feræ,
121b4
. altaib gl.
feris animalibus,
121d2
.
fiad cacha feda .i. a.¤
,
Laws v 484.20
Comm.
uiss ┐ altai na crích,
MU² 384
. na hallta arna beratt
do choin-siu the wild animals whom thy hounds do not overtake,
BColm. 60.31
.
ni hindlim ar iascu na alltu,
Anecd. v 3.10
(
for iascu na eltai,
Alex. 862
).
croccind na n-allta is ed
ētach nobīd impu,
Ériu i 44.5
. mile chet do doenibh ┐
altaibh `of men and flocks',
AU i 476.8
=
alltoibh,
AFM ii
678.15
. ? Of a person: tánic Néit mac Induí in a.¤ (allaigh,
Oilech, a hail- v.ll.) `the stranger',
Metr. Dinds. iv 114.79
.
In phr. taísigecht a.¤
, apparently name of some domestic
or political office:
taisigecht a.¤ h-I. Conchobair a h-ucht h-I
Chellaig ag Dail nDruithni,
Hy Maine 86.9
(
Lec. 83rb31
)
=
taigsigeacht allaigh i C. a hucht airdrigh o maine ag dail
druithne,
Uí Maine 45vb36
.